Rafael dos Anjos looked right at home on his return to the lightweight division where he was once king on Saturday night. The Brazilian’s split decision victory against short-notice opponent Paul Felder signalled the end of RDA’s eight-fight stint at welterweight which saw him fight for the interim title at 170 pounds. Game as they come, Felder took the fight ...
Three fighters impressed the UFC decision makers enough to be awarded contracts with the promotion following an action-packed week nine of Dana White’s Contender Series. Lightweights Natan Levy and Nikolas Motta, as well as women’s strawweight Luana Pinheiro were the lucky recipients. Find out how they won their UFC contracts below! DWCS 9: Natan Levy puts Shaheen Santana to ...
Not long ago, battle-hardened UFC lightweight Paul Felder was contemplating retirement from MMA after a hard-fought defeat to Dan Hooker. Now, he’s stepping up on just five days’ notice to make weight and fight former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in a five-round fight. Felder is replacing Islam Makhachev to take on the Brazilian on Saturday night’s main event ...
Glover Teixeira continued to roll back the years as the Brazilian won a back-and-forth war with compatriot Thiago Santos on Saturday night. The pair of former UFC light heavyweight title contenders duked it out and Teixeira had to show off his durability as Santos had him compromised on multiple occasions over the three rounds they shared in the Octagon. Santos ...
Jan Blachowicz says he won’t be available for Israel Adesanya fight until March 2021 – Fighters Only
It was announced on the weekend that UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will be stepping up a division to try taking Jan Blachowicz’s light heavyweight crown next. However, that won’t be happening until March, 2021 at the earliest. Blachowicz and his wife are expecting their first child in December. In addition, his native Poland is struggling to contain the COVID-19 ...
Week eight of Dana White’s Contender Series had a consistent trend. Four fights, four knockouts, and four UFC contract offers to the victors. The four fighters awarded spots on the UFC roster were light heavyweight Carlos Ulberg, featherweight Ignacio Bahamondes, featherweight Luis Saldana and heavyweight Jared Vanderaa. Find out how they won their UFC contracts below! DWCS 8: Carlos ...
With UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya confirmed to be moving up a weight class to try and win the light heavyweight belt, the immediate fighting future of Robert Whittaker was unclear. The former champion at 185 pounds, the man Adesanya defeated to win middleweight gold, defeated Darren Till and most recently Jared Cannonier to rebound from that loss and has ...
After Robert Whittaker’s dominant win over Jared Cannonier last week, many assumed he would be the next opponent to take on UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. However, it appears the Nigerian-born Kiwi is uninterested in a Whittaker rematch and the challenges posed to him at 185 pounds. On Saturday night, UFC President Dana White confirmed that Adesanya will be moving ...
Uriah Hall overcame his “idol” Anderson Silva in the UFC Fight Night 181 main event on Saturday night. The Brazilian started the fight positively against Hall as he accrued points with bursts of punches and a leg kicks to keep his opponent at bay. The tide turned late in the third round though as Silva was floored with an overhand ...
The combat sports world was rocked last weekend when UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement from mixed martial arts following his dominant second-round submission win over Justin Gaethje. In his post-fight interview at UFC 254, an emotional Nurmagomedov vowed to not fight again after promising to his mother that he would stop competing following the tragic passing of ...